The Barracks, with 11 cots. These could be occupied by a soldier, or, if married, a soldier would share the cot with his wife, and his children would sleep under or beside the cot. This could mean there would be up to 20 or so people living in one room. Laid out on the cot is everything that the soldier would have, and would pack up in the knapsack leaning against the end of the cot.
In the photo above, there is a World War One diary, exactly like the one we have from our great uncle, George Marshall.
Thought of Dad...
On our way out of Halifax, we made one last stop....I know, I know, another cemetery....but it was really interesting....
This tall gravestone was placed to mark the unknown child that was buried, but once he was identified, in 2010, by the leather shoes we saw yesterday at the Maritime museum, they were able to put a name on the marker.
The stone J. Dawson, was who James Cameron loosely based Leonardo Dicaprio's character in the movie. This was Joseph Dawson, a coal stoker, one of the ones that kept the lights burning on the ship til the end.
If the body wasn't identified, the marker bears only the date. If they identify the body later, the name is engraved on the front of the stone. The White Star Line, that owned the Titanic, supplied a standard, small stone. If families wanted to pay, they could get a bigger stone.
This is also the place that a lot of the casualties from the "Great Explosion" in 1917 were buried.
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